The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

down de telegraph pole VIII wire In
his hand. - Yankee Blade.
Teacher Ito boy who had to be cor
rccted frequently )--"Can't you tell me
where the Blue Ridge isp" Boy Qub-
bing his shoulder) )--"No; but ] can tell
you where the black-and-blne ridge Is"
Chicago lady Ito dealer)- Have
you dessert knivesp" Dealer-"Ycs,
madame, complete assortment"
Chicago lady--"I want them quite dull,
for eating pie, you know. "-Charleston
Nc,os.
That was bright girl who said to
ber bashtul lover: 81 propose, my
dear, that you offer Yourself to me, and
don't be afraid that shall not accept
YOU" He didn'twait for another hint
-Gorhan, Mountaincer.
-"But you may be entertaining an
angel, madam" said Tom O'Brien,
tramp, to Mrs. Pyburn, Of New Albany,
Sunday. "Yes, you smell like one long
dead, assented the lady, meditatively,
''but I'll let the Pyburn before I'll set
it up for you, nevertheless. Then he
went out and set fire to her barn, got
shot in the leg, and is eating locusts
and wild honey in the county Jail.
Accompanying Il band of Clayoquot
Indians at Seattle, Washington Terri
tory, was seen probably as envious a
specimen of unfortunate humanity rs
was ever born. 1t was half man and
half bear, apparently, though more of
the animal than the human being about
it. 1t could not talk OF walk upright.
Its expression was that of n bear, with
particularly wild and restless look
about the eyes.
The Oregon Alpine ClNb has been
organized in Portland. 1t = proposed
to collect information regarding the
many snow peaks of the region for the
benefit of the members of the club and
tourists who may wish either to ascend
them or pass an outing around their
bases, and thereby be the means of at
tracing to points of interest within the
Northwest. Among the officers of the
club will be q historian, who will keep
record of all the successful and more
interesting ascents.
/; The Saskatchewan IN. w. T)
Herald said in recent issue: The ter
rible havoc which the gopher is able to
commit was shown few days ago at
Balgouic, where James Wilson discov.
cred no less than S15 grains of barley
in the paunch of gopher which he had
killed. and 256 kernels of wheat, some
still with the chaff on, were found in
the paunch of another which had been
trapped before it had brought its oper-
ations so near completion.
The largest retail store in the
United States has just been opened in
Brooklyn. 1t is stocked in a curious
way. A Fulton street candy man sells
the candy, Broadway japanese con-
Germ sells the blic-a-brac, New York
shoe house sells the shoes, and so it
goes. The owners of the store sell
nothing but the dry goods, and the rest
of the concern is made up of two score
separate establishments, which pay a
commission or rental to the owners.
Yesterday glass tumbler was
accidentally thrown out of the window
of the telephone Office, on the fifth story
of the Trust Building, and when i,
struck the pavement below it rang like
a bell, and Ben Flowers, who was pass
ing at the time, picked it up, safe and
sound. In striking, it actually
knock off az inch or two of the corner
of brick. This occurrence is extraor
dinary, and hardly ever might happor
again.-Harrisburg CaU
Mr.. John Stewart, dry goods
clerk at Renfrew, Ont, met with
very peculiar accident about weel
ago. He was standing with leat
pencil in his mouth, when fellow
clerk threw handful of socks over tt
him. The bundle struck the pencil ant
knocked it down his mouth. 1t fast
ened in his throat, and it is surmiset
that piece of the lead broke off ant
remained in his palate. His mouth be
came so painful that he was obliged t.
seek medical attention.
FL was passing the corner O
Seventh and Main streets, said gen
tleman to a Louisville reporter, "ant
there was quite crowd there A lad,
with bright red head of hair came
along. One young man gazed at hel
hair rather more intently than was po
lite. She looked at him and said, sar
castically: You need not look for tn,
white horse; yonder it is across th'
street. The young man was so stag
gered by her snub that he walked away
without glaucing at the horse. which
was really there, rs the lady had said. '
"A Halls Valley correspondent O
the San Jose (Cal.) Asrcnry says: l
has hitherto been supposed that th'
great telescope at the Lick observator,
would be accessible to the public fo
one month only after being put in place
This is not the case, however, a
Captain Floyd, on a recent visit here
; explained that on each Saturday tn
telescope will be directed to the mos
interesting planet then in view, and a
such times the public will be received
At each instrument there will be an in
structor to give all necessary informa
ton.
An Albany gentleman of q thought
less, inquisitive turn of mind a fey
mornings since met lady friend VIII
is employed as saleslady in cit
store, and noticing her changed ap